๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐โ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง โฃ
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One of the best things surgery taught me was just how important it is to slow down. Logically I knew a lot of these would be the case, but thanks to my stubbornness and anxiety, it took something knocking me on my feet to force me to follow through and trust the progress. โฃ
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Some were expected, some were unexpected, but I hope it gives you a little motivation to press on the brakes and prioritize your health too. โฃ
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๐๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ. Sleep can be greatly impacted by cortisol levels. More stress & more intense movement can lead to elevated cortisol, so my crazy schedule was doing no favors to my sleeping struggles. โฃโฃ
๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ. Living a bit further away and often prioritizing workouts and work over visits slowly became my norm. More time and needing a little more support made me realize just how much I was missing out and just how much I need to focus on making time for them. โฃโฃ
๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ค, ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ . Logically I knew this one, but seeing it actually happen was a whole new experience. Right now Iโm going on two weeks of just walking for activity, and a week of nothing at all. I ate a bit less because I was less hungry, my body maintained weight wise, and my muscle wasnโt gone in a week. I hear this a lot from clients who are nervous to take a week off from training and I want to assure you itโs going to take a whole lot longer to undo the hard work youโre putting in. โฃโฃ
๐๐ง๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐๐ญ๐๐ง. Getting off my phone earlier at night, not working until bedtime, actually relaxing and watching Netflix can all be powerful things for productivity and mental health. I actually found I was more productive during the times I was working AND I saw my stress levels drop and sleep improve because of it.โฃโฃ
I hope this helps as a reminder that slowing down doesn’t have to be a bad thing. โฃ
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It doesn’t mean your progress and productivity will come to a screeching halt. In fact, it may just be the very thing you need to push you to even more progress in the long haul. โฃ
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๐ช๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐จ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐?โฃ
